South Carolina 3rd grade teacher, 28, dies from COVID-19

[Nevilledog]

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina third grade teacher who was last in her classroom less than two weeks ago has died from COVID-19, officials at the Richland 2 School District said Wednesday.

Demetria “Demi” Bannister, 28, was diagnosed with the virus on Friday and died Monday, school district spokeswoman Libby Roof said in a news release.

Bannister was a third grade teacher starting her fifth year of teaching at Windsor Elementary School in Columbia, officials said.

She was at the school on Aug. 28, during a week of teacher workdays before the school year began. She started teaching the following week from home, officials said. The district said it is tracing anyone who had close contact with Bannister and instructed custodians to deeply clean the school.

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[Maru Kitteh]

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[Nevilledog]

2. This fucking breaks my heart.

[Maru Kitteh]

6. I'm so tired of crying Neville. Biden/Harris have provided hope, and they better win

because if they don't, my house goes up for sale in the spring or as soon as feasible. This place isn't worth hanging around if that is what our "countrymen" choose again to lead.

Vancouver is expensive, but we do alright. We can make it work.

[Nevilledog]

7. If canetoad can't adopt me, will you?

I'd love to leave. Hubby has 5 more years. We've been thinking of Panama.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Sure! Whatever Mr. Trudeau will let us get away with. I'm all in.

[Nevilledog]

12. Justin.......*sigh*

[crickets]

9. .

[MontanaMama]

3. Damn it.

[smirkymonkey]

4. So very sad! She was so young and it took her so fast.

Rest in peace, Demetria.

I just found out this evening that my 16 year old niece has it. She is not severely ill - not yet anyway - but I am more worried about my brother and his wife. My nephew just left for college a few weeks ago, so he should be ok. They all need to quarantine for 2 weeks. This is the first time it has touched anyone close to me that I am aware of.

[Nevilledog]

5. I'm so sorry. I hope everyone comes out okay.

[smirkymonkey]

14. Thank you, Nevilledog!

I appreciate it!

[Maru Kitteh]

8. MAKE SURE she gets a full pulmonary/cardio workup after the disease passes, even if

her symptoms are very mild!

This is just one of the things happening to the young.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2020/09/03/big-ten-athletes-covid-had-myocarditis-symptoms-one-third-cases/5704234002/

I'm so sorry to hear about your niece. I hope all is well and she has no after-effects, and the whole family stays well.

[smirkymonkey]

13. Thank you! I will make sure to tell my brother and his wife to do that!

It's a scary virus, but even scarier when it hits so close to home.

Thank you for your well wishes!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. That is so sad.

And I don't care what, if any, "pre-existing conditions" she might have had. She died at the far too young age of 28. Plus, I expect she had the misfortune to spread the disease to others. Deeply cleaning the school isn't necessary, because the virus doesn't linger on surfaces to infect people. She got it because she had the misfortune to breathe it in from someone else.

The other thing we all need to keep firmly in mind is that this is a very idiosyncratic disease. If infects some, kills others, leaves no trace on others. And it's that idiosyncratic variability that makes it so dangerous.

[Blue Owl]

15. Another tRump casualty